Rod Coneybeare (March 31, 1930 â€" September 5, 2019) was a Canadian,
writer, puppeteer and voice actor, best known for his work on the
long-lived Canadian children's program The Friendly Giant, where he
performed as both Jerome the Giraffe, who would appear in the window,
and Rusty the rooster, who lived in a book bag.Back in April 1959
Coneybeare became the editor-in-chief and host of Man to Man, one of
the first CBC radio shows intended specifically for men.In addition to
his work on The Friendly Giant, Coneybeare collaborated with Charles
Winter on the radio program The Rod and Charles Show. With Robert
Gibbons, producer of Mr. Dressup, Coneybeare created the short-lived
CBC TV series The Bananas.Coneybeare was also a writer. He wrote
dozens of original radio dramas for the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation. During the 1950s, he wrote original plays which were
performed on live television, and in 1978 he won an ACTRA Award for
his radio fantasy The Man Who Hated Dogs. He had already won an
earlier ACTRA Award, in 1974, for his radio documentary celebrating
the music of Frank Sinatra.
writer, puppeteer and voice actor, best known for his work on the
long-lived Canadian children's program The Friendly Giant, where he
performed as both Jerome the Giraffe, who would appear in the window,
and Rusty the rooster, who lived in a book bag.Back in April 1959
Coneybeare became the editor-in-chief and host of Man to Man, one of
the first CBC radio shows intended specifically for men.In addition to
his work on The Friendly Giant, Coneybeare collaborated with Charles
Winter on the radio program The Rod and Charles Show. With Robert
Gibbons, producer of Mr. Dressup, Coneybeare created the short-lived
CBC TV series The Bananas.Coneybeare was also a writer. He wrote
dozens of original radio dramas for the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation. During the 1950s, he wrote original plays which were
performed on live television, and in 1978 he won an ACTRA Award for
his radio fantasy The Man Who Hated Dogs. He had already won an
earlier ACTRA Award, in 1974, for his radio documentary celebrating
the music of Frank Sinatra.
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